Hanger support



" Dec, 1, 1925- 1,564,004

R. c. LEGAT HANGER SUPPORT Filed March 23, 1925 Iowa/71501.

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Patented Dec. 1, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT'OFFICE.

ROBERT c. LEGAT, on NEW BRITAIN, connncrrcur, ASSIGNOR r0 THE e. E. Penna-Ion mauurac'ruame COMPANY, A conronarron or oonnncrrcu'r.

HANGER SUPPORT.

Application filed March 23, 1925. Serial No. 17,694.

To all whom it may 001106171."

Beit known that 1, ROBERT C. LEeA'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hanger Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in anger supports such as are adapted for use in such devices as key cases and the like in which the hanger is in the form of a hook-like clip that may receive and support a key or similar article and the support is such as can be incorporated in a case of leather or the like and which by the cooperation of its own means of sup- -port and the connection with the hanger permits .of relatively free operative movement of the key or article, and the ob-, ject of my improvement is to produce a combination in a hanger support that provides a swinging movement where desired one shaft for the parts generally and a rotative movement of the hanger, and all by means of parts that are relatively simple and economical to manufacture and convenient and eficient for use.

In the accompanyin drawing Figure 1 is a front e evation of a hanger support and connected parts embodying my invention, supporting brackets for the shaft and part of a supporting body or back be ingll indicated substantially diagrammatica y.

Figure 2 is a side elevation on an enlarged scale of the hanger support and hanger, the shaft, of tubular. form, being shown in section.

Figure 3 is a sectionalview on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

Figure 4 is a plan View of the blank for the hanger support.

Figure 5 is a fragmentary front elevation of amodification of the hanger support on a shaft.

Figure 6 is a side elevationof the same.

Figure 7 is a plan view of the blank for the hanger support.

My improved hanger support 10 is adapted for use in supporting a hanger 11 of hook-like form and which may be designated as a clip and the preferredmanner of support for the hanger support itself is by means of a shaft 12. The latter may necks 18 of reduced width. The ears 15 and necks 18 are extended outwardly along one of the diagonals of a square structure that constitutes the material for the ball 17,

the other diagonal terminating at the right angled corners 19 that are formed by the meeting of the adjacent straight side edges -20. -A square structure 17 of sheet metal such as shown as is well known, can be swaged to form a ball 17 so that as to this detail only a wellknown result is attained. v I

In the present instance the material of the square 17or ball 17 is perforated at 30 the middle to provide an opening 21 for the shank 22 of the hanger 11.

Said shank 22 is projected through the opening 21 and has the upper end 23 curled over to provide operatively an enlarged 35 head that is finally enclosed loosely within the ball 17 so as to provide a relatively freely operative pivotal connection between the parts.

The pendant body portion or clip proper 24 of the hanger 11, as shown, is shaped as a spring-closed hook that encloses a space for the loop of a key or the like.

The described structure provides a rela-' tively simple connection between the hanger i and the ball that operates as a ball and socket connection, which permits of turning an attached key and the pivotal connection with the shaft permits of swinging the hanger and connected device back and forth, as from a position within a casing to one that is outside the same. In the structure that is shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the ball 17 itself is formed like the ball 17 that has been described, but the integral connected structure diffore. in that there is only a single connected neck 18, the same being extended from one corner, and there are three full and complete corners 19 that are folded upno Also, in lieu of anear structure 15 that is perforated for the shaft 12 there is provided a diminutive plate-like structure 15 that is curled into cylindrical form and operatively mounted on the 'shaft 12 to permit of a' swinging movement substantially after the manner described.

The pivotally mounted supporting sleeve: 15 described is laterallyelongated and, as shown, such elongation is appreciably greater than the diameter of the ball 17, wherefore, said sleeve 15 is adapted to serve as a spacer for the hanger and ball relatively to similar devices mounted on the same shaft, the opposed tip ends or end faces 26 meeting in abutment.

I claim as my invention 1. A hanger support for use with a key\ case, having a pendant portion in the form of a substantially hollow structure that is provided with an'opening at the lower end, a hanger for receiving a key having a shank su stantially opposite directions on substantially opposite sides of the opening to provide portions which are bent up from the plane of said opening to confine said shankhead and said extensions being each con-' tinued for attachment to a support, said blank having additional extensions on opposite sides of said opening and in opposite directions at an angle to said first mentioned extensions, said last extensions being bent up to complete said hollow structure.

4. A hanger support for use with a. key

case, having a pendant portion in the form of a'hollow. structure having an opening at the lower end, a hanger having a-shank which is projected through said opening, the free end of said shank having a head positioned within said hollowstructure for cooperation therewith to form a .swivel con nection, said hollow structure bein made of wire that is projected through said openfrom a sheet metal blank having sai openmg so that the free end portion is housed within said structure, and said free end portion being curled upon itself in the plane of the shank without diminishing the cross sectional area thereof to provide an operative fit within said structure for cooperating therewith as a swivel connection.

2. A hanger support for use with a key case,'having a pen ant portion in the form of a hollow structure having an opening at the lower end, a hanger havin a shank which is projected through sai opening, the free end of said shank having a head positioned within said hollow structure for cooperation therewith to form a swivel connection, said hollow structure being made from a sheet metal blank having said opening therein, the blank being extended insubstantially opposite directions on substantially opposite sides of thev opening to provide portions which are bent up from theplane of said opening to confine said shank head and said extensions being each continued for attachment to a support.

3. A hanger support for use with a key case, having a pendant portion in the form of a hollow structure having an opening at a shank opening having a head the lower end, a hanger havin which is projected throu h sai the free end of said shan ing therein, the blank being extended in substantially opposite directions on substantially opposite sides of the opening to provide portions which are bent up from the plane of said opening to confine said shank head and said extensions being each continued for attachment to a support, said continuations of the extensions having registering perforations to receive a support.

5. A hanger support for use with a key case, having a-pendant portion in the form.

of a hollow structure having an opening at the lower end, a hanger having a shank which is projected through said openin the free end of said shank having a, hea positioned within said' hollow structure for cooperation therewith to form a swivel con- 1 openplane of said opening to confine said shank head and said extensions being continued for attachment to a support, said continuations of the extensions having registering perforations to receive a support and being in substantially facin contact.

R0 ERT C. LEGAT. 

